# 1963 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

The 1963 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1963 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its seventeenth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 11 to June 16. The seventeenth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Bud Hollowell of Southern California.

## Regionals

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across seven district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.
Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

### District 1

Holy Cross vs. Boston College was played at Newton, Massachusetts and Connecticut vs. Providence and Providence vs. Holy Cross were played at Worcester, Massachusetts.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Holy Cross | 4 | 7 | — | | | | |
| Boston College | 0 | 4 | — | | | | |
| Boston College | 0 | 4 | — | Holy Cross | 11 | 7 | — |
| | | | | Providence | 0 | 4 | — |
| Connecticut | 4* | 3 | 6 | Providence | 0 | 4 | — |
| Providence | 3* | 4 | 10 | | | | |
* Indicates game required 10 innings.

### District 2 at Princeton, NJ

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Rider | 0 | | |
| Penn State | 3 | | |
| Penn State | 3 | Penn State | 11 |
| | | St. John's | 2 |
| Temple | 0 | St. John's | 2 |
| St. John's | 7 | | |

### District 3 at Gastonia, NC

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 4 | | | | | | | |
| West Virginia | West Virginia | 3 | | | | | | | |
| West Virginia | West Virginia | 3 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 4 | | | | |
| | | | Florida State | Florida State | 12 | | | | |
| Auburn | Auburn | 3 | Florida State | Florida State | 12 | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 4 | | | | Florida State | Florida State | 5 | 11 |
| | | | | | | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 6 | 5 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 6 | 5 |
| | | | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 12 | | | | |
| West Virginia | West Virginia | 2 | West Virginia | West Virginia | 8 | | | | |
| Auburn | Auburn | 1 | | | | | | | |

### District 4 at Champaign, IL

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Valparaiso | Valparaiso | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Illinois | Illinois | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Illinois | Illinois | 13 | Illinois | Illinois | 0 | | | | |
| | | | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 1 | | | | |
| Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 2 | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 1 | | | | |
| Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 1 | | | | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 0 | 7 |
| | | | | | | Illinois | Illinois | 8 | 0 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Illinois | Illinois | 8 | 0 |
| | | | Illinois | Illinois | 4 | | | | |
| Valparaiso | Valparaiso | 2 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 0 | | | | |
| Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 5 | | | | | | | |

### District 5 at Columbia, MO

| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Saint Louis | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Missouri | 16 | 1 | 7 |

### District 6

Texas automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.

### District 7 at Tucson, AZ

| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | — |
| Arizona | 13 | 10 | — |

### District 8 at Corvallis, OR

| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Southern California | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Oregon State | 5 | 8 | 5 |

## College World Series
### Participants

| School | Conference | Record (conference) | Head coach | CWS appearances | CWS best finish | CWS record |
| Arizona | WAC | 35–15 (8–4) | Frank Sancet | 6 (last: 1960) | 2nd (1956, 1958) | 12–12 |
| Florida State | n/a | 25–11 (n/a) | Danny Litwhiler | 2 (last: 1962) | 4th (1962) | 2–4 |
| Holy Cross | n/a | 13–8 (n/a) | Albert Riopel | 3 (last: 1962) | 1st (1952) | 9–5 |
| Missouri | Big 8 | 21–4 (15–3) | Hi Simmons | 4 (last: 1962) | 1st (1954) | 12–7 |
| Penn State | n/a | 13–4 (n/a) | Chuck Medlar | 3 (last: 1959) | 2nd (1957) | 7–6 |
| Texas | SWC | 19–15–1 (12–3) | Bibb Falk | 7 (last: 1962) | 1st (1949, 1950) | 17–11 |
| Southern California | CIBA | 30–9 (10–6) | Rod Dedeaux | 7 (last: 1961) | 1st (1948, 1958, 1961) | 19–10 |
| Western Michigan | MAC | 24–4 (12–0) | Charlie Maher | 5 (last: 1961) | 2nd (1955) | 9–10 |

### Results
#### Bracket

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Arizona | Arizona | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Penn State | Penn State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Penn State | Penn State | 1 | Arizona | Arizona | 4$^{11}$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Florida State | Florida State | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Florida State | Florida State | 5 | Florida State | Florida State | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 2 | | | | Arizona | Arizona | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Missouri | Missouri | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 8 | | | | Missouri | Missouri | 4 | | | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 8 | | | | | | | Arizona | Arizona | 10 | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 3 | | | | | | | Arizona | Arizona | 10 | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 3 | Missouri | Missouri | 3 | | | | Texas | Texas | 8 | | |
| | | | Texas | Texas | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Missouri | Missouri | 3 | Texas | Texas | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Holy Cross | Holy Cross | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Arizona | Arizona | 4 | 2 |
| | | | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | | | | | Southern California | Southern California | 6 | 5 |
| | | | | | | Texas | Texas | | | | | | 6$^{10}$ |
| | | | Penn State | Penn State | 3 | Penn State | Penn State | | | | | | 4 |
| | | | Penn State | Penn State | 3 | Penn State | Penn State | | Missouri | Missouri | 3 | | 4 |
| | | | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 0 | | | | Missouri | Missouri | 3 | |
| | | | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 0 | | | | Southern California | Southern California | 12 | |
| | | | | | | Florida State | Florida State | | Southern California | Southern California | 12 | 3 | |
| | | | Southern California | Southern California | 6 | Southern California | Southern California | | | | | 4 | |
| | | | Holy Cross | Holy Cross | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Game results

| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
| June 10 | Game 1 | Arizona | 8–1 | Penn State | |
| June 10 | Game 2 | Florida State | 5–2 | Western Michigan | |
| June 10 | Game 3 | Texas | 8–3 | Southern California | |
| June 10 | Game 4 | Missouri | 3–0 | Holy Cross | |
| June 11 | Game 5 | Penn State | 3–0 | Western Michigan | Western Michigan eliminated |
| June 11 | Game 6 | Southern California | 6–5 | Holy Cross | Holy Cross eliminated |
| June 11 | Game 7 | Arizona | 4–3 (11 innings) | Florida State | |
| June 11 | Game 8 | Missouri | 3–2 | Texas | |
| June 12 | Game 9 | Texas | 6–4 (10 innings) | Penn State | Penn State eliminated |
| June 12 | Game 10 | Southern California | 4–3 | Florida State | Florida State eliminated |
| June 12 | Game 11 | Arizona | 6–4 | Missouri | |
| June 13 | Game 12 | Southern California | 12–3 | Missouri | Missouri eliminated |
| June 13 | Game 13 | Arizona | 10–8 | Texas | Texas eliminated |
| June 14 | Game 14 | Southern California | 6–4 | Arizona | |
| June 16 | Final | Southern California | 5–2 | Arizona | Southern California wins CWS |

### All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.
| Position | Player | School |
| P | Doug Holliker | Arizona |
| P | Walt Peterson | USC |
| C | Bud Hollowell (MOP) | USC |
| 1B | Gary Holman | USC |
| 2B | Ron Theobald | Arizona |
| 3B | Dale Harvey | Missouri |
| SS | Woody Woodward | Florida State |
| OF | Hector Barnetche | Arizona |
| OF | Craig Morrison | Arizona |
| OF | Kenny Washington | USC |

### Notable players

* Arizona: Ron Theobald, Bart Zeller
* Florida State: Ken Suarez
* Holy Cross: Dick Joyce, John Peterman
* Missouri: John Sevcik
* Penn State:
* Southern California: Gary Holman, Rene Lachemann
* Texas: Bill Bethea, Chuck Hartenstein
* Western Michigan: Greg Bollo